Illustrators little known or completely forgotten graced the pages of Jugend Magazine.
The flower seller offers pussy willows for sale, holding the fuzzy things next to her cheek. Who knows? She may be thinking of her cat waiting for her at home. Who knows what August Geigenberger (1875-1909) might have accomlished if he had been blessed with a longer life?
G.E. Dodge has eluded me but the idea of Ganselblumchen - or Goose flowers - charms me.
As does Fraulein Leopardus with her rabbit friends by Edward Okun (1872-1945).
As does Fraulein Leopardus with her rabbit friends by Edward Okun (1872-1945).
5 comments:
You are the absolute best at bringing us such lovely works of art. Ah, spring! Ducks and rabbits and pussy willows - just luscious stuff.
Very nice again
Jeanne and TG, even for those who don't speak German (me!) it's not too difficult to figure out how to navigate the digital files for Jugend that I linked to. For each year from 1896-1910 there are two file extensions on the Heidelberg website. For example "1896_1" and "1896_2". If you get to any of them, and open a freetranslation.com window, too, it's possible to follow the history of Jugend from start to finish and pick favorites.
Danke! Danke for the tip on the digital files, Jane. I remember leafing through Jugend magazines as a girl at my Grandparents' home. The style is still one of my favorites, and I look forward to exploring the Heidelberg website. You're the best!
Rouchswalwe, I'll be interested to hear what you think about the stylistic evolution in the magazine. What kind of paper was it printed on? In a general way, the 1920s issues appear irrelevant to their time, at least as we understand it now. There is information embedded in these images, but it takes so much time to work with them (when your internet access is through a pulbic library and time is limited) that I got lazy. The important thing is that readers can know where they came from, so they can explore at their leisure.
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